I downloaded III just the other day and there's nothing the MPAA can do it about. Up here in Canada, copies for personal use is legal. The MPAA can cry all they want but they should shut up because III was the highest first day opener in history - even when P2P is at it's peak. I think P2P allows the movie industry more exposure. Because I downloaded the movie, when the movie is released on DVD, I'll buy it. Btw, why is the MPAA bitching about losing money when a $120M budget film grosses probably over 500M. That's GOUGING!
Also, the movie industry wants us to pay at the theatre and then wants us to buy the movie? I think if you go to the theatre, you should get the movie free since you've already paid your share.
I really think George Lucas should make an episode between III and IV. There's alot of interesting things that can happen between these two movies - especially seeing more of Darth Vador, building of the Empire, and the rebellion. Think about it, you have a whole generation just cut away from III and IV. Though, as for VII to IX - I think it's not required because Darth is gone, the empire is gone, - who else is there to wage war on?-unless the same thing happens again?
I forgot to mention, this company needed me to do alot of things. I understood the best how their databases and servers aligned with their business processes. Alot of people said that the company needed me more than I needed them. Oh well, I quit, not my problem.
I quit by saying I have to take care of my family (which I do), I gave two weeks, and then started my own company. I'm expecting to do a million in sales this year alone.
I wanted to leave on good terms and that was the best excuse. I know it seems like a pussy way of leaving, but telling your employer the real reasons is not professional at all. You just burned your bridges for references, networking, possible future employment, etc.
The last thing I did before I left, I thanked the owner of the medium size corporation I worked for personally. Alot of my former co-workers said that was the best move anyone could do.
I submitted a Google story and it was rejected. Shit man, this is breaking news.. I though Google was supposed to be up live 24/7 with redundancy?
Common Slashdot, get with it, TELL THE NEWS!
Does this explain why 128MB ram shot up from $14 CAD to $40 CAD within a year during 1999-2002? The DRAM manufacturers *flooded* the market with DRAM chips and then artificially cut production to raise prices when everyone was hooked to the low price. Higher DRAM prices just made everyone go in a panic and started to buy all the DRAM chips at the lowest price while the price was rising.
There's only one way to type a document. Apple making their own office suite would be redundant in today's market. Also, would it be wise to have Apple making their word processor's documents Apple Only or Microsoft won't allow.doc's to be opened in Apple, or Microsoft won't allow Apple's format to be opened in Word?
I do agree there are some good Linux articles. For the main part, reading the mag and flipping through page by page it always talks about the same old companies - Microsoft, Oracle, Symantec, IBM, blah blah blah... You read an article about how Microsoft's latest product improved productivity at Company X and then on the next page, you'll see an advertisement for that product. One of the editions I read actually had a cost analysis chart used as an article. The numbers go on showing the reader how much a solution from Microsoft cost and comparing it to an open-source solution and hyping the numbers on support costs by the tens of thousands of dollars. The online version of eWeek isn't that bad, but the print version is purely M$ mumbo B/S.
Has anyone ever read eWeek? Each article is Microsoft marketing mumbo jumbo with high-level words and makes me wonder "wtf are they talking about?". I don't see any IT manager or company executive talk like that. Btw, eWeek is sponsered by Microsoft, just look at the ads every 2nd page.
It just occured to me that without the ability to display the ticket on your car, anyone with or without a vechile can buy all the parking space availability in the city and can resell these tickets for a higher price than the city. I think it would be best for a 'pay-and-display' method on your car dash.
I work for Precise Parklink, the provider for the Toronto Parking Authority and many municipalities in Ontario and Western Canada. Our machines are solely based on a EPROM with very little data stored. Why would anyone need 64MB? Our machines also operate on GPRS GSM 'and' Mobitex, solar power, wireless, etc. There's no kernel, no flash card, and works great. One thing that would really impress me is if these Linux machines could accept debit, and most of all, if someone is able to hack it. Also, storing credit card data on a compactflash card garentees the data always exists, which is a bad thing if someone were to tamper with the machine. With our machines, the transactions aren't stored on the EPROM, but instead on RAM. If the machine is turned off or reset, the cc data is lost and the parker is safe from someone stealing their credit card number. Bottom line, the more advanced technology gets for parking meters, the more susceptable to fraud, bugs, and security issues.
Like CIO's and CEO's of big/medium businesses are going to start their own business plan to privately colonize Mars based on eWeek's article. I hate how eWeek always talks in jibberish lingo such as "processes", "exploit", "refine", "streamlined", etc. Also NASA can't even bulletproof their equipment, hense flash memory crashes. eWeek should have mentioned including triple redundancy.
Except:
What You Should Do To Run A Space Network
Automate processes.
Encode many operations in a remote device, so it can solve its own problems.
Bulletproof your gear.
Refine systems under your direct control, like Deep Space Network antennas, to make sure they aren't the cause of an outage.
Be persistent.
Analyze any shred of communication. Build theories. Exploit small wins.
Simulate potential problems.
Test theories on duplicate devices, under your control, even if conditions aren't alike.
I just visited sco.com to see if I can get through, but apparently the Apache default page is coming up.
Why is SCO using free software when they claim teh GPL is void and invalid?
Btw, it's Sean O'Keefe's birthday in two days. They pulled the joke on him and on everyone else to releive some the stress and the seriousness of this mission. I must say, I was convinced at first something out of the ordinary happened on Mars, like those green aliens on Mars Attacks where on camera saying *NAH'T NAH'T NAH'T*. It's good to know that NASA has a great sense of humor, especially when the whole world is watching.:)
I was watching the NASA TV live and there was an unexpected discovery on Mars. A few minutes went by and they showed a video with the Rover, and then an animation made presented a birthday cake for Sean O'Keefe. THIS REALLY SCRARED THE HECK OUT ME. I thought it was small little green men roaming around Mars. This scared everyone and especially almost gave Sean a heart-attack.
911 service is only as good when your neighbour is in trouble. If your house is burning down, you just get the hell out and call from another house. Didn't they teach you this in school?
CN Tower
Think you're high enough now. Think again. Sky Pod, the World's Highest Public Observation Deck is located at a dizzying 447 m (1,465 ft.).
Link Here
Taipei 101
Taipei 101 now also holds the highest roof (449 m) and highest occupied floor (439 m) titles.
Link Here
I think your calculation is off 8 meters. Also, quoting from CNTower.ca, "At a height of 553.33m (1,815 ft., 5 inches), it is the World's Tallest Building, an important telecommunications hub, and the centre of tourism in Toronto." This would make the CN Tower the tallest still.
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I downloaded III just the other day and there's nothing the MPAA can do it about. Up here in Canada, copies for personal use is legal. The MPAA can cry all they want but they should shut up because III was the highest first day opener in history - even when P2P is at it's peak. I think P2P allows the movie industry more exposure. Because I downloaded the movie, when the movie is released on DVD, I'll buy it. Btw, why is the MPAA bitching about losing money when a $120M budget film grosses probably over 500M. That's GOUGING! Also, the movie industry wants us to pay at the theatre and then wants us to buy the movie? I think if you go to the theatre, you should get the movie free since you've already paid your share.
I really think George Lucas should make an episode between III and IV. There's alot of interesting things that can happen between these two movies - especially seeing more of Darth Vador, building of the Empire, and the rebellion. Think about it, you have a whole generation just cut away from III and IV. Though, as for VII to IX - I think it's not required because Darth is gone, the empire is gone, - who else is there to wage war on?-unless the same thing happens again?
Now if hackers took over SETI, the last 24 hour progress was 795.926 years CPU time.
Total CPU time on SETI@home - 2,286,333 years.
I forgot to mention, this company needed me to do alot of things. I understood the best how their databases and servers aligned with their business processes. Alot of people said that the company needed me more than I needed them. Oh well, I quit, not my problem.
I quit by saying I have to take care of my family (which I do), I gave two weeks, and then started my own company. I'm expecting to do a million in sales this year alone.
I wanted to leave on good terms and that was the best excuse. I know it seems like a pussy way of leaving, but telling your employer the real reasons is not professional at all. You just burned your bridges for references, networking, possible future employment, etc.
The last thing I did before I left, I thanked the owner of the medium size corporation I worked for personally. Alot of my former co-workers said that was the best move anyone could do.
I submitted a Google story and it was rejected. Shit man, this is breaking news.. I though Google was supposed to be up live 24/7 with redundancy? Common Slashdot, get with it, TELL THE NEWS!
Does this explain why 128MB ram shot up from $14 CAD to $40 CAD within a year during 1999-2002? The DRAM manufacturers *flooded* the market with DRAM chips and then artificially cut production to raise prices when everyone was hooked to the low price. Higher DRAM prices just made everyone go in a panic and started to buy all the DRAM chips at the lowest price while the price was rising.
There's only one way to type a document. Apple making their own office suite would be redundant in today's market. Also, would it be wise to have Apple making their word processor's documents Apple Only or Microsoft won't allow .doc's to be opened in Apple, or Microsoft won't allow Apple's format to be opened in Word?
I do agree there are some good Linux articles. For the main part, reading the mag and flipping through page by page it always talks about the same old companies - Microsoft, Oracle, Symantec, IBM, blah blah blah... You read an article about how Microsoft's latest product improved productivity at Company X and then on the next page, you'll see an advertisement for that product. One of the editions I read actually had a cost analysis chart used as an article. The numbers go on showing the reader how much a solution from Microsoft cost and comparing it to an open-source solution and hyping the numbers on support costs by the tens of thousands of dollars. The online version of eWeek isn't that bad, but the print version is purely M$ mumbo B/S.
Has anyone ever read eWeek? Each article is Microsoft marketing mumbo jumbo with high-level words and makes me wonder "wtf are they talking about?". I don't see any IT manager or company executive talk like that. Btw, eWeek is sponsered by Microsoft, just look at the ads every 2nd page.
The RIAA can't have my fingerprints, I'm Canadian. God, I love being Canadian!
- Gives the RIAA the f^ng^r!
USA Pay: $100,000 USD
Canada: $50,000 CAD
Same job.
Does this non-toxie liquid stuff mean that if I were to drink it, I would be bulletproof? Wicked!
It just occured to me that without the ability to display the ticket on your car, anyone with or without a vechile can buy all the parking space availability in the city and can resell these tickets for a higher price than the city. I think it would be best for a 'pay-and-display' method on your car dash.
Hi,
I work for Precise Parklink, the provider for the Toronto Parking Authority and many municipalities in Ontario and Western Canada. Our machines are solely based on a EPROM with very little data stored. Why would anyone need 64MB? Our machines also operate on GPRS GSM 'and' Mobitex, solar power, wireless, etc. There's no kernel, no flash card, and works great. One thing that would really impress me is if these Linux machines could accept debit, and most of all, if someone is able to hack it. Also, storing credit card data on a compactflash card garentees the data always exists, which is a bad thing if someone were to tamper with the machine. With our machines, the transactions aren't stored on the EPROM, but instead on RAM. If the machine is turned off or reset, the cc data is lost and the parker is safe from someone stealing their credit card number. Bottom line, the more advanced technology gets for parking meters, the more susceptable to fraud, bugs, and security issues.
Like CIO's and CEO's of big/medium businesses are going to start their own business plan to privately colonize Mars based on eWeek's article. I hate how eWeek always talks in jibberish lingo such as "processes", "exploit", "refine", "streamlined", etc. Also NASA can't even bulletproof their equipment, hense flash memory crashes. eWeek should have mentioned including triple redundancy.
Except:
What You Should Do To Run A Space Network
Automate processes.
Encode many operations in a remote device, so it can solve its own problems.
Bulletproof your gear.
Refine systems under your direct control, like Deep Space Network antennas, to make sure they aren't the cause of an outage.
Be persistent.
Analyze any shred of communication. Build theories. Exploit small wins.
Simulate potential problems.
Test theories on duplicate devices, under your control, even if conditions aren't alike.
I just visited sco.com to see if I can get through, but apparently the Apache default page is coming up. Why is SCO using free software when they claim teh GPL is void and invalid?
Btw, it's Sean O'Keefe's birthday in two days. They pulled the joke on him and on everyone else to releive some the stress and the seriousness of this mission. I must say, I was convinced at first something out of the ordinary happened on Mars, like those green aliens on Mars Attacks where on camera saying *NAH'T NAH'T NAH'T*. It's good to know that NASA has a great sense of humor, especially when the whole world is watching. :)
I was watching the NASA TV live and there was an unexpected discovery on Mars. A few minutes went by and they showed a video with the Rover, and then an animation made presented a birthday cake for Sean O'Keefe. THIS REALLY SCRARED THE HECK OUT ME. I thought it was small little green men roaming around Mars. This scared everyone and especially almost gave Sean a heart-attack.
SCO has their evidence on Microfilm sheets so they can save every penny when IBM, Novell, and the Linux community sues their ass.
911 service is only as good when your neighbour is in trouble. If your house is burning down, you just get the hell out and call from another house. Didn't they teach you this in school?
Calling 911 can be done from the two cell phones.
When I signed up, I got the following for free:
- A free Motorola C350
- A free DVD Player
- Free airtime for 4 months.
I am also switching my Bell landline to a Primus Broadband VoIP line. Check it out: www.primus.ca
NASA now has the latest pictures of Mars. Tune into NASA TV to see them. They are not published on the web as of yet.
Why would anyone want to buy AOL after when Time Warner dropped AOL from it's name? I thought it was already a fact that AOL isn't making money.
Get your facts straight.
CN Tower
Think you're high enough now. Think again. Sky Pod, the World's Highest Public Observation Deck is located at a dizzying 447 m (1,465 ft.). Link Here
Taipei 101
Taipei 101 now also holds the highest roof (449 m) and highest occupied floor (439 m) titles. Link Here
I think your calculation is off 8 meters. Also, quoting from CNTower.ca, "At a height of 553.33m (1,815 ft., 5 inches), it is the World's Tallest Building, an important telecommunications hub, and the centre of tourism in Toronto." This would make the CN Tower the tallest still.